The changing of seasons...

Yesterday was a wet, dank, and cold day. Although the rain was only falling lightly, it was constant and saturating. The droplets seemed to be feeling the same as I was... unwilling to leave my resting place.

I had plans to be productive around the house, packing away the snowman decorations to start with. But my plans were changed when my hubby took an unexpected day off from work. A wonderfully relaxing day was spent snuggled on the sofa watching an old movie.

We ventured out to run a quick errand and have a yummy dinner together. After dinner, the race to car in the miserable weather was enough to send us hurrying home to resume our "jammie-clad" hibernation and enjoy another movie together.

Today it is sunny and dry and so much warmer than yesterday, although there is a brisk spring breeze which seems to be trying to blow the remains of winter away.

I am amazed by the number of beautiful red-breasted robins visiting our yard. They seem to be standing sentry against any more wintry weather!

Today, those snowmen will be packed away and I think I'll start a knitting project fitting for the season!

Stranded!

I don't know how any of you feel, but for me, the panic is starting to set in as the holiday season approaches and I count how many gifts I still need to make! And it's not just the gifts I want to make, it's the other things I wanted to accomplish this fall, like perhaps putting more items up on my etsy shop to make a bit of Christmas spending money. There just aren't enough hours in the days or days before Christmas.

So fortunately for me (well actually it's unfortunate, but we have to look on the bright side, don't we) I am without a car this weekend... and it is a long weekend, as I have Monday off from work for Veteran's Day. The car is in the shop and won't be ready until Tuesday.

I'm going to take this opportunity to get as much done as possible. However, it is now well past noon and so far today I have darned the holes in a pair of socks, checked my email, read a bunch of blogs, and started this blog post. None of these things are getting me any closer to my goals.  I really should get going, but before I do, let me share with you one of my finished objects.

This is a pair of socks I knit for my sister this the summer and just sent to her recently. (They don't count towards the Christmas knitting.)

They are knit in Black Bunny Fibers Silk Sock (55% wool and 45% silk) in the colorway "Irridescent". I think I may have "lost" some of the lace patterning because of the variegated colors, but they still are beautiful, and so, so soft.

The pattern is by Nancy Bush from the book Favorite Socks and were inspired by historical socks she had seen in museums. Nineteenth-century women's stockings had decorative stitches on the front only since that is all that would show beneath a long skirt.

FYI- I slipped them on for just this photo shoot before popping them in a nice wool wash and blocking them. (Just so you know Sis, I sent them to you clean ;-p )

Okay, so now it is time to go and get some serious work done. No more frittering of time. I'm going to ignore the fact that the living-room is dusty! But wait, hang on... it's time to feed the dog, and perhaps myself as well.

More June Photo a Day

I've been keeping up with my photos every day even if I haven't had the time to post them each day. I have to say, I'm really enjoying this assignment... going through my day with my daily prompt in mind. I've even gotten my family involved in the process a little bit.

I haven't always been 100% happy with the photos I've come up with. They aren't always the most creative, but I feel like I'm learning a bit from the whole process. Sometimes the story behind the photo is better than the photo itself.
So, to pick up where I left off:

#10~ Best Bit of Your Weekend

A gathering of family to celebrate a graduation!

#11~ Door

Down around the corner on Main Street in my little town.

#12~ From a Low Angle

Knit Nite at the bookstore.

#13~ Art

My dad's artwork.

#14~ Time
Timeless!

Just a note about this last photo. A few friends gathered tonight at the bookstore for an extra Knit Nite this week. I told them what today's prompt was and how I didn't want to take a photo of just a clock or watch or something, but that I hadn't come up with an idea yet. One friend suggested Time magazine. I thought it was a great idea. I didn't say it, but I thought to myself, "I hope the cover of this issue is something really cool." In a few minutes I put down my knitting and wandered over to the magazine rack. I nearly jumped out of my skin when I saw the cover! For those of you who don't know me well, I couldn't have wished for a better cover!

Sisters!

My sister, Janet has just discovered that a long time friend of hers has a sister that lives not very far from me. What a coincidence. To make it even more of a coincidence, the friend's sister and I have birthdays within a few day of each other in April. So Janet and her friend took a road trip last weekend to visit us and take us out to celebrate.


We went out to dinner twice while they were here, but the actual celebratory dinner was at a wonderful Cuban restaurant.

The food was delicious... no photo was taken, but I did get a snap of the sangria!

The coffee menu was extensive and the flan was delicious!

Afterwards, back at my house with Janet, I had planned to have a sort of sleepover party and watch a favorite movie from days gone by, but we were just too full and too tired! Next time Janet, you'll have to stay longer!